Luke 24:13-27

24:13-14 | These men were disciples of Jesus, perhaps among the Seventy that Jesus had sent out. They had heard the message of Christ’s resurrection, but their hearts were broken, believing it was all a fraud.

24:15 | The original Greek suggests Jesus was walking behind them but quickened His pace (drew near) to walk with them.

24:16-18 | This is the longest exchange between Jesus and anyone else regarding His resurrection. These men were not prominent; Luke gives the name of only one of them, Cleopas. Jesus appeared and then went away.

24:19-20 | The two men revealed they still did not understand who Jesus was. They saw Him as a mighty prophet, not as the Messiah and Son of God. Luke carefully notes the difference in attitude toward Jesus between the people and the chief priests and our rulers, a consistent theme in his Gospel.

24:21-24 | For these two men, when Jesus died on the cross, all their hopes of rescue from Roman opposition had died with Him. Because their hope was gone; they discounted the testimony of the women at the empty tomb.

24:25-26 | Jesus’ rebuke to correct His followers’ misunderstanding in this instance is a good word to believers in every era to pay attention to all the Scriptures. While the Bible certainly portrays the Messiah as a ruling king, it also presents Him as a suffering servant (Acts 17:2-3). Both parts of Scripture must be honored and believed.

24:27 | Perhaps He expounded on the messianic psalms or spoke of Abraham and Isaac, explaining that although God had spared Isaac, He had not spared His own Son. Or perhaps he quoted Isaiah, saying, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isa. 53:6).